lightship

noun

Definition of lightshipnext
as in barge

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Recent Examples of lightship The clapboard houses, lightship baskets, and roses climbing up the side of Sconset roofs inspired a sense of permanence. — William D. Cohan, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025 From there, walk up India Street to Four Winds Craft Guild and admire — and perhaps purchase — artisanal lightship baskets. — New York Times, 31 July 2025 Privately, Peterson believed that the Valencia was likely past the lightship, nearing the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. — Longreads, 4 May 2023 Outside, visitors can tour the lightship Columbia, which for three decades helped ships cross the Columbia Bar. — oregonlive, 22 Oct. 2020 This accommodation allows guests to sleep in a 70-year-old British lightship (which is essentially a lighthouse in boat form). — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightship
  1. barge
  2. steamship
  3. steamer
  4. freighter
  5. warship
  6. merchantman
  7. tanker
  8. collier
Noun
  • The crane moved Holzinger closer to a boat that was stationed next to the barge.
    — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • The rescue barge is regarded as one of China’s most advanced modular heavy-duty water rescue systems.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
Definition of barge
Noun
  • The Brotherhood later sued a Chesapeake Bay steamship, named the Sue, that had refused to admit Black passengers to its first-class cabin.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 17 July 2026
  • Those who chose to rest on the banks of the Potomac River could be seen by steamship passengers playing bridge and dancing in the river breeze.
    — Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Definition of steamship
Noun
  • Using a hand steamer on your luggage can also help kill bedbugs and their eggs.
    — Kate Linderman, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • Use a clothes steamer to effectively eliminate them, especially the larvae.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2026
Definition of steamer
Noun
  • The Boeing 737 entered service in 1999 as a passenger aircraft before it was converted into a freighter in 2011.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
  • The 737-400 was first delivered as a passenger plane to Russia’s Aeroflot in 1999 and was converted to a freighter in 2012, according to Flightradar24.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of freighter
Noun
  • The warship and escorts are now at White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, where the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is being offloaded.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • In a reminder of the growing international tensions Britain faces, a Russian warship carried out a live-fire weapons exercise in the English Channel on Monday, the day Burnham took office.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
Definition of warship
Noun
  • These preyed upon American merchantmen who either payed tribute or showed forged British passes.
    — Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
  • The Navy already has ships in the fleet that are former merchantmen.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 Jan. 2019
Definition of merchantman
Noun
  • Oil prices rose above $90 a barrel for the first time in more than a month, as the conflict between the United States and Iran escalated further, resulting in the deaths of three US service members and a strike on a tanker.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • In comparison, about 300,000 barrels could be loaded onto a vessel that shuttles cargoes out to a bigger tanker offshore holding around 700,000 barrels.
    — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 18 July 2026
Definition of tanker
Noun
  • Sotheby’s will offer Amedeo Modigliani’s Nu assis au collier (Seated Nude with Necklace), 1917, later this month.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
  • Holmes elevated her look by wearing nearly $80,000 worth of Arielle Ratner jewels, including the statement diamond Gatsby earrings and the diamond Gatsby collier.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 21 May 2026
Definition of collier

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